Pete Staples is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist in the hit-making 60s line-up of The Troggs

The Troggs

The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in UK and the US. Their most famous songs include, "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", and "Love Is All Around"...

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Biography

Though not a founder member of the band (Staples replaced David Wright), Staples and guitarist Chris Britton

Chris Britton

Christopher Daniel Britton Christopher Daniel Britton Christopher Daniel Britton (born December 16, 1982 in Hollywood, Florida is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently pitching for the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association.-High school:...

 left their first group together, Ten Feet Five, in 1965 to form the classic line-up of The Troggs with vocalist Reg Presley

Reg Presley

Reg Presley is an English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer with prominent 1960s rock and roll band The Troggs, whose best known hit was "Wild Thing", though their only UK number one single was "With A Girl Like You"...

 and drummer Ronnie Bond

Ronnie Bond

Ronnie Bond was an English vocalist and drummer, who had a hit single called "It's Written On Your Body", released on Mercury Records. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 31 May 1980...

. They went on to have 9 UK singles chart entries between mid-1966 and early 1968. In addition to playing bass on all the bands studio recordings of this period, Staples also wrote and sang several songs which appeared as Troggs album tracks and B-sides.

Staples married in 1968, and during his honeymoon Tony Murray first filled in for him on bass, finishing up the LP Mixed Bag in Staples absence. Staples was ousted from the band shortly afterwards.

Post Troggs career

After The Troggs, Staples became firstly a pub landlord, and then an electrician. He eventually started up a band called the Wild Things and is still writing songs and performing live. He contributed to Troggs segment of the 1995 Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

documentary My Generation.